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Rewarding the Faithful (9/14/98)
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Mac OS 8.5 is coming, and by all accounts, it's going to be cool. From improved performance to interface enhancements to the new Sherlock search utility, odds are, if you've got a Power Mac, you're going to want it. And when it comes out next month, iMac owners are going to find that they're entitled to a little price break, or maybe even a free copy-- so says Computer Retail Week.
According to CRW, sources report that Apple will offer Mac OS 8.5 at a discount to iMac buyers. With all the buzz from "beta testers" labeling this next Mac OS release as a "must-have," you can bet that Apple's going to charge as much as it thinks it can get. Our guess is it'll cost the same as the current price of the boxed Mac OS, $99, with a $30 rebate for early iMac owners; people who purchased iMacs within thirty days of Mac OS 8.5's release will probably have a "Mac OS Up-to-Date" kind of thing available, where they can fax in a copy of their dated sales receipts to receive free copies via mail-- or almost free, what with the $10 shipping and handling and all. If you ask us (of course, who ever does?), if Apple does follow this kind of pricing scheme, they'll be punishing the very people they should be rewarding most-- the people who ran right out and bought an iMac as soon as they were available. We'd love to see Mac OS 8.5 be free (or nearly free) to all iMac owners, not just the ones who waited to buy. But that would mean millions of dollars lost, so we're not holding our collective breath.
On a side note, we're still bummed to hear that, once again, the funky "Hi-Tech" and "Gizmo" themes have been delayed, and are no longer planned as part of the 8.5 release. Sure, giving the Mac OS a purely visual (and auditory) facelift isn't much of a technical improvement, but the ability to choose between a few really cool looks could definitely have given Mac OS 8.5 a lot more appeal to the iMac crowd.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 9/14/98 episode: September 14, 1998: Apple reportedly plans on cutting iMac owners a deal on the upcoming Mac OS 8.5 release. Meanwhile, CNN Interactive claims it ditched QuickTime because it doesn't stream, but Reality alleges that bribery is to blame, and Microsoft's trial has been delayed yet again, but at least it hasn't been canceled...
Other scenes from that episode: 1012: Microsoft Bribe 98® (9/14/98) Is it a prelude to still more antitrust litigation? Several Mac users have noticed that CNN's website has jettisoned all of its QuickTime content in favor of video clips in Microsoft's Media Player format... 1013: Better Late than Canceled (9/14/98) On the whole "Redmond Justice" front, we've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is, Judge Jackson didn't give in to Microsoft's cajoling and cancel the whole show. The bad news is, he did delay its season premiere by three weeks-- but legal experts seem to think that the short delay may only hurt Microsoft instead of helping them...
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